# military reform
Latest news and articles about military reform
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China’s PLA Turns Scrutiny into Strategy: How Fiscal Discipline and Grassroots Oversight Are Being Wedded to Combat Readiness
Chinese military units are combining tighter fiscal oversight with political training to prioritise spending on combat-relevant capabilities. Digital supervision, empowered grassroots monitors and incentives for local innovation have redirected funds towards simulation facilities, low-cost drone projects and other readiness measures.
Beijing Reaffirms Political Control as Central to Military Modernization
A March 8 commentary from a state military outlet reiterated that the Communist Party’s political construction is the linchpin of China’s defence and military modernization. The piece stresses a cautious, unity-first modernization that integrates ideological control with technological and organisational reforms, underscoring trade-offs between political loyalty and technical meritocracy.
Small Slips, Big Consequences: How China’s Military is Policing Everyday Conduct to Prevent Corruption
China’s military has intensified a campaign to root out petty privileges and everyday breaches of discipline, arguing that minor lapses are the seedbed of corruption that undermines unit cohesion and combat readiness. Combining revolutionary moral education with digital oversight and stricter rules, the PLA aims to institutionalise daily behaviour as the ‘‘first line of defence’’ against corruption.
State TV Amplifies PLA Call for Long-Term, All-Fronts Crackdown on Military Corruption
China’s state television broadcast a PLA Daily editorial calling for an intensive, long-term and comprehensive anti-corruption campaign in the military. The prominence of the message signals Beijing’s intent to pair disciplinary purges with systemic reforms, reinforcing political control while aiming to improve operational effectiveness.